Etymology

Zhejiang

Zhe·jiang
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Today it means: A coastal province in eastern China, running from Hangzhou Bay to Fujian. Capital: Hangzhou. Full definition →

Mandarin 浙江
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from浙江
  2. English todayZhejiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 浙江 (literally “crooked river”), from a former name of the Qiantang River.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.